ArticleNutrients2022
COVID-19 Mortality in Europe, by Latitude and Obesity Status: A Geo-Spatial Analysis in 40 Countries.
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- Temporal, spatial and demographic distributions characteristics of COVID-19 symptom clusters from chinese medicine perspective: a systematic cross-sectional study in China from 2019 to 2023.Chinese medicine · 2024Article
- Government interventions and control policies to contain the first COVID-19 outbreak: An analysis of evidence.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Twelve-Month Outcomes in Patients with Obesity Following Bariatric Surgery-A Single Centre Experience.Nutrients · 2023Article
- COVID-19 Medical and Pharmacological Management in the European Countries Compared to Italy: An Overview.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Additive effects of obesity and vitamin D insufficiency on all-cause and cause-specific mortality.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- The Association of Latitude and Altitude with COVID-19 Symptoms: A VIRUS: COVID-19 Registry Analysis.The open respiratory medicine journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the current novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a public health emergency of international concern and later characterized it as a pandemic. New data show that excess body mass and vitamin D deficiency might be related to the disease severity and mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether latitude, as a proxy of sunlight exposure and Vitamin D synthesis, and prevalent obesity among European populations, is related to COVID-19 spread and severity. European COVID-19 data (incidence and fatality), including information on the prevalence of obesity, social distancing, and others were obtained by the "Our World in Data" website on 17 April 2021. Adjusted analysis showed that higher COVID-19 incidence and fatality were pictured in countries being in higher latitude, both during the whole period, as well as, during the time period 1 November 2020-31 March 2021. Higher incidence and fatality of COVID-19 were observed where the prevalence of overweight/obesity was higher during the whole time period, whereas during the time period 1 November 2020-31 March 2021, only COVID-19 incidence was higher but not a fatality. The present results provide insights for targeted interventions and preventive strategies against COVID-19.
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